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G. W, PRENTIOE.

I BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT. No. 252,699. Patented Jan. 24,1882

NITED STATES GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,699, dated January 24, 1882,

I Application filed November 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PRENTIGE, acitizen ofthe United States, residing atProvidence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Setting-Instruments; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull,elear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of setting-instruments which are designed to attach buttons, studs, &c., by means of prongs, to articles of WearingappareI; and my present improvement consists in providing theupperjaw of the instrument with means for holding the button therein, and with a die for deflecting the prongs of the fastening device through the eye or shank of said button.

It further consists in providing the lower jaw with a serrated face to hold the fastening device in position to he applied to wearing-ap- 'parel and to the eye or shank of the button,

all as will be hereinafter more fully described and explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved setting-instrument with the fastening device in position to be attached to wearirig-apparel and to the button. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the fastening device properly set. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail \iewpf the upper jaw; Fig. 4, a similar view of the lower jaw, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the button and fastener united.

' Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The setting instrument is (3( nstructed with two jaws, A and B, which are adapted to be operated by the handles (J and D in a manner Well known. In the present instance the up perjaw, A, is formed with a recess, E, openin g from one side for the receptionot' the button-head F, the bottom of said recess being provided with a slot, Gr, for the reception of the shank a of the button, and with a die or groove, H, upon the lower-face of the jaw, for deflecting the prongs b ofthe fastening device through the eye or shank of the button, a

' suitable spring, I, being secured to the rear of thejaw, and,projecting through a lateral openiug, J, presses down upon the top of the button to hold it securely in the recess E until attached to the fastening device. The lower jaw, B, has a slight depression or recess, 0, suitably creased or corrugated to receive and hold the base or plate of the fastening device while attaching the same to the button and article of apparel. Other equivalent means may, however, be employed to hold the fastening device in the lower jaw during the operation of setting, and such equivalents are contemplated by me. 7

The construction of the settinginstrument being as described, the settingv operation is performed by placing the button back within the recess E in the upper jaw, A, under the downwardly-pressing spring I, the eye or shank a of the button fitting within the groove G, and projecting a short distance below the same into the die H in the lower face of said jaw A. The base or plate of the fastening device is then placed within the recessc of the lowerjaw, B, with the prongd projecting upwardly. positions, the material to which the fastener and button are to be attached is inserted between the jaws, and the handles thereof then pressed closely together, which operation closes the jaws and forces the prong (I up through the material and through the eye or shank of the button, around which itistightly coiled or clinched, thereby firmly securing the button in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1. In a settinginstrument, the upper jaw, A, provided with the recess E, spring I, groove G, and die H, constituting the holding mechanism for the button, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

The parts being new in their proper 2. Ina setting-instrument,the upper jaw,

A, constructed as described, in combination with the lowerjaw, B, having serrated recess c, whereby the button and fastening device are connected together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE W. PnENrIcE.

Witnesses:

JAS. F. THAYER, F. A. SMITH, Jr. 

